[contement] (c.1240)
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[contement] (c.1240)

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[gdw]

  FEW:  computare 2/ii,995a Gdf:  contement 2,260b GdfC: ∅ TL: contement 2,759 DEAF:  conter (contement)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
countement,  cuntement  

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1(act of) telling: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Ben say par sun (=the BVM, who had appeared in a vision and had said so) countement Ke ele vus aime ducement  228.67
2story, narration: 
( c.1259; MS: c.1259 )  Il sevent tuz languages, cuntementz e mesters  136
conter  recuntement 
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